Please take a few moments to watch this musical tribute to our returning servicemen and women from Paul Gregg and the rest of the Restless Heart band. I saw them perform this tribute in Branson, Missouri not long ago, and not a dry eye was to be found in the theater by the time they had finished. And it’s just a beautifully written and performed song, to boot!

If you find this tribute to be as compelling as I found it to be, please find some way to support the troops returning home from our tragic war efforts. Whether supportive of our politicians’ insatiable appetite for war or not, remember that these decisions are made by politicians, but the burden is borne by soldiers sworn to do their duty to our country. We owe everything we hold dear to their dedicated service on our behalf.

This message brought to you by a dyed-in-the-wool pacifist who supports our troops without hesitation.

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Please take a few moments to watch this musical tribute to our returning servicemen and women from Paul Gregg and the rest of the Restless Heart band. I saw them perform this tribute in Branson, Missouri not long ago, and not a dry eye was to be found in the theater by the time they had finished. And it’s just a beautifully written and performed song, to boot!

If you find this tribute to be as compelling as I found it to be, please find some way to support the troops returning home from our tragic war efforts. Whether supportive of our politicians’ insatiable appetite for war or not, remember that these decisions are made by politicians, but the burden is borne by soldiers sworn to do their duty to our country. We owe everything we hold dear to their dedicated service on our behalf.

This message brought to you by a dyed-in-the-wool pacifist who supports our troops without hesitation.

Please take a few moments to watch this musical tribute to our returning servicemen and women from Paul Gregg and the rest of the Restless Heart band. I saw them perform this tribute in Branson, Missouri not long ago, and not a dry eye was to be found in the theater by the time they had finished. And it’s just a beautifully written and performed song, to boot!

If you find this tribute to be as compelling as I found it to be, please find some way to support the troops returning home from our tragic war efforts. Whether supportive of our politicians’ insatiable appetite for war or not, remember that these decisions are made by politicians, but the burden is borne by soldiers sworn to do their duty to our country. We owe everything we hold dear to their dedicated service on our behalf.

This message brought to you by a dyed-in-the-wool pacifist who supports our troops without hesitation.

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Thank you Paula Deen, for this wonderful dish!  But if you really want a healthier burger, try my Thai Ka Praw Burger from the post immediatly preceding this one.

• “I never saw a stick of butter I didn’t like”
• “I’m gonna just slather this corn with mayonnaise.”
• “…what the heck, I think I’ll put a tablespoon of butter in it, just cause I saw the butter sitting back here”
• “We want to coat our cabbage in that seasoning…which is butter and bacon grease.”
• “But you know what? The more cheese to me, the better.”
• Oprah: “So what do you say to all of your health conscious critics?” Paula Deen: “I’m your cook, not your doctor.”
• “And here goes our frosting – mayonnaise and cheese! You know, that’s really hard to beat.”
• “Alright, here, take your sausage on a stick, and we’re gonna drop these into our deep fryer.”
• “If you don’t like green beans, asparagus bundles are delicious too…deep fried.”
• “Now what makes this brownie so sinfully delicious is we’re gonna use three candy bars.”
• “The foods that are fixin’ to collide is sugar and mashed potatoes.”
• “One of a Southern girl’s very favorite ingredients – melted butter. Can’t have too much melted butter.”
• “Now if your on a diet, you don’t have to do this. You can just eat your brownie plain.”
• “I’m gonna start with my normal ingredient, y’all – one stick of butter”
• “I decided since I have so many fresh peaches, I’d make two peach cheesecakes.”
• “To my cream cheese and butter, I’m gonna add seven – don’t have a heart attack – seven cups of powdered sugar.”
• “My idea of a balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.”
• “I always said I didn’t like avocados…and then I found out they were fattening.”

(Quotes courtesy of Twitter’s @pauladeenisms)

Reading the quotes from Paula Deen, it is not surprising that we can find the recipe for The Lady’s Brunch Burger at pauladeen.com. Really – a burger consisting of ground beef, bacon, a fried egg, and butter all sandwiched between two glazed donuts!

It should shock no one that Paula Deen has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. What I find appalling, however, is her reaction to this development. Rather than concentrating on attacking the cause of her diabetes, Ms. Deen instead has opted for the typical medical response to many (if not most physical problems) – treat the symptoms, as opposed to eliminating the cause. In Ms. Deen’s case, rather than acknowledging that the likely cause of her diabetes is dietary, and altering that diet radically, she has opted to take the “easier” route – medication. She has now partnered with pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk, makers of Victoza – an injectable non-insulin drug used to treat type 2 diabetes.

When interviewed by Al Roker and asked why she took years to come forward with news of her diagnosis, Deen responded that she wanted to keep the information private for a while because she “had nothing to give to my fellow friends out there.”

Oh really? It took her years to educated herself about a disease that she had been diagnosed with? I will credit Ms. Deen with being equally, if not more, intellegent than me. And in a matter of hours (thanks to the wonders of the Internet) I was able to learn as much as a lay person needs to know about the causes and cures for type 2 diabetes. Perhaps someone needs to introduce Ms. Deen to Google, or Yahoo!, or Bing, or any other search engine that brings the knowledge of the world into a person’s home.

Perhaps I am a tad cynical here, but I can’t help but think that the underlying reason for the delay in announcing the news of her diabetes to the public had nothing to do with “not having anything to give to my fellow friends out there”. Remember, Paula Deen is more than a television cooking show host. She has built a brand and personal fortune, estimated at $16 million, on her reputation as a cook who disregards any notion of a healthy diet. Refer again to one of her quotes above – “I am your cook, not your doctor.”

If Ms. Deen were to have announced her diagnosis immediately upon discovery of her diabetes, and adjusted her public persona and recipes to this new reality, perhaps someone like myself would have been understanding and forgiving of her unhealthy transgressions. Instead, it appears she was more concerned about protecting her “brand”, even in perpetuating it, while knowing the medical implications of the diet she was hawking. Even today, Ms. Deen insists that diet is a small piece of the puzzle, subordinate to lifestyle, genetics, and exercise when discussing her diabetes. I wonder if she has been given a script to follow by Novo Nordisk, and whether she has a financial tie to the company as its newest spokesperson?

And this, my friends, shows hypocrisy, greed and insensitivity at its worst, and hence, the title to this post!

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Thank you Paula Deen, for this wonderful dish!  But if you really want a healthier burger, try my Thai Ka Praw Burger from the post immediatly preceding this one.

• “I never saw a stick of butter I didn’t like”
• “I’m gonna just slather this corn with mayonnaise.”
• “…what the heck, I think I’ll put a tablespoon of butter in it, just cause I saw the butter sitting back here”
• “We want to coat our cabbage in that seasoning…which is butter and bacon grease.”
• “But you know what? The more cheese to me, the better.”
• Oprah: “So what do you say to all of your health conscious critics?” Paula Deen: “I’m your cook, not your doctor.”
• “And here goes our frosting – mayonnaise and cheese! You know, that’s really hard to beat.”
• “Alright, here, take your sausage on a stick, and we’re gonna drop these into our deep fryer.”
• “If you don’t like green beans, asparagus bundles are delicious too…deep fried.”
• “Now what makes this brownie so sinfully delicious is we’re gonna use three candy bars.”
• “The foods that are fixin’ to collide is sugar and mashed potatoes.”
• “One of a Southern girl’s very favorite ingredients – melted butter. Can’t have too much melted butter.”
• “Now if your on a diet, you don’t have to do this. You can just eat your brownie plain.”
• “I’m gonna start with my normal ingredient, y’all – one stick of butter”
• “I decided since I have so many fresh peaches, I’d make two peach cheesecakes.”
• “To my cream cheese and butter, I’m gonna add seven – don’t have a heart attack – seven cups of powdered sugar.”
• “My idea of a balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.”
• “I always said I didn’t like avocados…and then I found out they were fattening.”

(Quotes courtesy of Twitter’s @pauladeenisms)

Reading the quotes from Paula Deen, it is not surprising that we can find the recipe for The Lady’s Brunch Burger at pauladeen.com. Really – a burger consisting of ground beef, bacon, a fried egg, and butter all sandwiched between two glazed donuts!

It should shock no one that Paula Deen has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. What I find appalling, however, is her reaction to this development. Rather than concentrating on attacking the cause of her diabetes, Ms. Deen instead has opted for the typical medical response to many (if not most physical problems) – treat the symptoms, as opposed to eliminating the cause. In Ms. Deen’s case, rather than acknowledging that the likely cause of her diabetes is dietary, and altering that diet radically, she has opted to take the “easier” route – medication. She has now partnered with pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk, makers of Victoza – an injectable non-insulin drug used to treat type 2 diabetes.

When interviewed by Al Roker and asked why she took years to come forward with news of her diagnosis, Deen responded that she wanted to keep the information private for a while because she “had nothing to give to my fellow friends out there.”

Oh really? It took her years to educated herself about a disease that she had been diagnosed with? I will credit Ms. Deen with being equally, if not more, intellegent than me. And in a matter of hours (thanks to the wonders of the Internet) I was able to learn as much as a lay person needs to know about the causes and cures for type 2 diabetes. Perhaps someone needs to introduce Ms. Deen to Google, or Yahoo!, or Bing, or any other search engine that brings the knowledge of the world into a person’s home.

Perhaps I am a tad cynical here, but I can’t help but think that the underlying reason for the delay in announcing the news of her diabetes to the public had nothing to do with “not having anything to give to my fellow friends out there”. Remember, Paula Deen is more than a television cooking show host. She has built a brand and personal fortune, estimated at $16 million, on her reputation as a cook who disregards any notion of a healthy diet. Refer again to one of her quotes above – “I am your cook, not your doctor.”

If Ms. Deen were to have announced her diagnosis immediately upon discovery of her diabetes, and adjusted her public persona and recipes to this new reality, perhaps someone like myself would have been understanding and forgiving of her unhealthy transgressions. Instead, it appears she was more concerned about protecting her “brand”, even in perpetuating it, while knowing the medical implications of the diet she was hawking. Even today, Ms. Deen insists that diet is a small piece of the puzzle, subordinate to lifestyle, genetics, and exercise when discussing her diabetes. I wonder if she has been given a script to follow by Novo Nordisk, and whether she has a financial tie to the company as its newest spokesperson?

And this, my friends, shows hypocrisy, greed and insensitivity at its worst, and hence, the title to this post!

Thank you Paula Deen, for this wonderful dish!  But if you really want a healthier burger, try my Thai Ka Praw Burger from the post immediatly preceding this one.

• “I never saw a stick of butter I didn’t like”
• “I’m gonna just slather this corn with mayonnaise.”
• “…what the heck, I think I’ll put a tablespoon of butter in it, just cause I saw the butter sitting back here”
• “We want to coat our cabbage in that seasoning…which is butter and bacon grease.”
• “But you know what? The more cheese to me, the better.”
• Oprah: “So what do you say to all of your health conscious critics?” Paula Deen: “I’m your cook, not your doctor.”
• “And here goes our frosting – mayonnaise and cheese! You know, that’s really hard to beat.”
• “Alright, here, take your sausage on a stick, and we’re gonna drop these into our deep fryer.”
• “If you don’t like green beans, asparagus bundles are delicious too…deep fried.”
• “Now what makes this brownie so sinfully delicious is we’re gonna use three candy bars.”
• “The foods that are fixin’ to collide is sugar and mashed potatoes.”
• “One of a Southern girl’s very favorite ingredients – melted butter. Can’t have too much melted butter.”
• “Now if your on a diet, you don’t have to do this. You can just eat your brownie plain.”
• “I’m gonna start with my normal ingredient, y’all – one stick of butter”
• “I decided since I have so many fresh peaches, I’d make two peach cheesecakes.”
• “To my cream cheese and butter, I’m gonna add seven – don’t have a heart attack – seven cups of powdered sugar.”
• “My idea of a balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.”
• “I always said I didn’t like avocados…and then I found out they were fattening.”

(Quotes courtesy of Twitter’s @pauladeenisms)

Reading the quotes from Paula Deen, it is not surprising that we can find the recipe for The Lady’s Brunch Burger at pauladeen.com. Really – a burger consisting of ground beef, bacon, a fried egg, and butter all sandwiched between two glazed donuts!

It should shock no one that Paula Deen has been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. What I find appalling, however, is her reaction to this development. Rather than concentrating on attacking the cause of her diabetes, Ms. Deen instead has opted for the typical medical response to many (if not most physical problems) – treat the symptoms, as opposed to eliminating the cause. In Ms. Deen’s case, rather than acknowledging that the likely cause of her diabetes is dietary, and altering that diet radically, she has opted to take the “easier” route – medication. She has now partnered with pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk, makers of Victoza – an injectable non-insulin drug used to treat type 2 diabetes.

When interviewed by Al Roker and asked why she took years to come forward with news of her diagnosis, Deen responded that she wanted to keep the information private for a while because she “had nothing to give to my fellow friends out there.”

Oh really? It took her years to educated herself about a disease that she had been diagnosed with? I will credit Ms. Deen with being equally, if not more, intellegent than me. And in a matter of hours (thanks to the wonders of the Internet) I was able to learn as much as a lay person needs to know about the causes and cures for type 2 diabetes. Perhaps someone needs to introduce Ms. Deen to Google, or Yahoo!, or Bing, or any other search engine that brings the knowledge of the world into a person’s home.

Perhaps I am a tad cynical here, but I can’t help but think that the underlying reason for the delay in announcing the news of her diabetes to the public had nothing to do with “not having anything to give to my fellow friends out there”. Remember, Paula Deen is more than a television cooking show host. She has built a brand and personal fortune, estimated at $16 million, on her reputation as a cook who disregards any notion of a healthy diet. Refer again to one of her quotes above – “I am your cook, not your doctor.”

If Ms. Deen were to have announced her diagnosis immediately upon discovery of her diabetes, and adjusted her public persona and recipes to this new reality, perhaps someone like myself would have been understanding and forgiving of her unhealthy transgressions. Instead, it appears she was more concerned about protecting her “brand”, even in perpetuating it, while knowing the medical implications of the diet she was hawking. Even today, Ms. Deen insists that diet is a small piece of the puzzle, subordinate to lifestyle, genetics, and exercise when discussing her diabetes. I wonder if she has been given a script to follow by Novo Nordisk, and whether she has a financial tie to the company as its newest spokesperson?

And this, my friends, shows hypocrisy, greed and insensitivity at its worst, and hence, the title to this post!

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KA PRAW BURGERS

Thai food is one of my favorite cuisines, and pad ka praw is one of my favorite Thai dishes.  Pad ka praw has a basic flavor profile consisting of onions, bell peppers, basil, ground Thai chili peppers and some form of protein (typically chicken, beef, pork or shrimp).  Last year I wondered “what could I do to incorporate the ka praw flavor profile into other dishes?”  The answer came instantly – ka praw burgers!  This post will present the simple recipe I came up with, along with pictures as it is prepared.

Start by seasoning the ground beef as you normally would, but add a generous amount of chopped fresh basil to the mixture before forming the patties.  Cook the patties to the degree of doneness you prefer.

Meanwhile, saute sliced onions and bell peppers until tender, but not limp (I prefer yellow and red bell peppers, but green peppers work well also).  As these are cooking, prepare the condiment sauce.

The sauce is a mixture of tomato ketchup and fresh ground Thai chili paste.  If this is the first time you have used ground Thai chilies, be very careful.  This stuff is hot, hot, hot!  Use sparingly, and taste before using on the burger.  If it comes out too hot, simply add more ketchup to dilute the heat.

When all the components are complete, assemble the burger by spreading the condiment sauce on both sides of the bun, add leaf lettuce, the basil burger patty, and top with the sauteed peppers and onions.  And then sit down and enjoy the fusion of traditional Thai flavors with the all-American hamburger.

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KA PRAW BURGERS

Thai food is one of my favorite cuisines, and pad ka praw is one of my favorite Thai dishes.  Pad ka praw has a basic flavor profile consisting of onions, bell peppers, basil, ground Thai chili peppers and some form of protein (typically chicken, beef, pork or shrimp).  Last year I wondered “what could I do to incorporate the ka praw flavor profile into other dishes?”  The answer came instantly – ka praw burgers!  This post will present the simple recipe I came up with, along with pictures as it is prepared.

Start by seasoning the ground beef as you normally would, but add a generous amount of chopped fresh basil to the mixture before forming the patties.  Cook the patties to the degree of doneness you prefer.

Meanwhile, saute sliced onions and bell peppers until tender, but not limp (I prefer yellow and red bell peppers, but green peppers work well also).  As these are cooking, prepare the condiment sauce.

The sauce is a mixture of tomato ketchup and fresh ground Thai chili paste.  If this is the first time you have used ground Thai chilies, be very careful.  This stuff is hot, hot, hot!  Use sparingly, and taste before using on the burger.  If it comes out too hot, simply add more ketchup to dilute the heat.

When all the components are complete, assemble the burger by spreading the condiment sauce on both sides of the bun, add leaf lettuce, the basil burger patty, and top with the sauteed peppers and onions.  And then sit down and enjoy the fusion of traditional Thai flavors with the all-American hamburger.

KA PRAW BURGERS

Thai food is one of my favorite cuisines, and pad ka praw is one of my favorite Thai dishes.  Pad ka praw has a basic flavor profile consisting of onions, bell peppers, basil, ground Thai chili peppers and some form of protein (typically chicken, beef, pork or shrimp).  Last year I wondered “what could I do to incorporate the ka praw flavor profile into other dishes?”  The answer came instantly – ka praw burgers!  This post will present the simple recipe I came up with, along with pictures as it is prepared.

Start by seasoning the ground beef as you normally would, but add a generous amount of chopped fresh basil to the mixture before forming the patties.  Cook the patties to the degree of doneness you prefer.

Meanwhile, saute sliced onions and bell peppers until tender, but not limp (I prefer yellow and red bell peppers, but green peppers work well also).  As these are cooking, prepare the condiment sauce.

The sauce is a mixture of tomato ketchup and fresh ground Thai chili paste.  If this is the first time you have used ground Thai chilies, be very careful.  This stuff is hot, hot, hot!  Use sparingly, and taste before using on the burger.  If it comes out too hot, simply add more ketchup to dilute the heat.

When all the components are complete, assemble the burger by spreading the condiment sauce on both sides of the bun, add leaf lettuce, the basil burger patty, and top with the sauteed peppers and onions.  And then sit down and enjoy the fusion of traditional Thai flavors with the all-American hamburger.

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Zite is a wonderfully intelligent eMagazine that has the capability to learn what it is you want to read.  The more you use Zite, the greater the likelihood that the content will contain articles that you would want to read.  So how is this achieved?

The flowchart above shows the elements that Zite uses to select the content that is presented to the user.  By using a sophisticated algorithm that analyzes available content and tailors it according to the user’s likes and dislikes, the content that Zite presents initially approximates the user’s desired reading.  By incorporating a feedback loop with each article presented, Zite continually refines the criteria used for article selection.  With every use, Zite becomes more and more accurate in its ability to predict what items will be of interest to you, the reader.  A comprehensive technical explanation of the inner workings of Zite can be found here.

Above is the home page of Zite, which presents the top articles in categories of importance to the user.  Notice the category list on the right-hand side of the page?  These are not arbitrary categories assigned by Zite, but rather categories that are selected by the user based on the user’s interests.

The screen capture above shows one of three screens containing a wide variety of category listings.  The user selects any combination of topic categories of interest, and the initial setup is complete.  What sets Zite apart from its competitors, however, can be seen in the next screen capture.

This is the screen where you read an article you have selected.  Notice the personalization panel on the right-hand side of the page?  This is where the reader tells Zite whether this specific article was of interest or not.  Additionally, the user can indicate any preferences for this particular author, this particular site, or the particular subject matter(s) contained in the article.  The number of choices available to the user varies depending on the particular article.  This is actually where the magic of Zite takes place.  By providing this feedback loop, Zite is able to continuously refine its article presentation to suit the reader’s individual tastes.  The end result is eerily uncanny, in that Zite seems to read your mind when selecting articles to present for your perusal. Also notice that the article can easily be shared to various social networking sites or emailed from this page, which also enters into the preference algorithm.

All-in-all, Zite is a wonderful tool that helps streamline the daily reading habits of the user.  In my case, rather than having to sort through multiple on-line newspapers, blogs, and news feeds to find articles of interest, Zite does the footwork for me, saving me time and effort in the process.

If there is any shortfall to Zite, it is that this software is only available as a down-loadable app that is (currently) only available for the Apple iPad, or in my case, the HP TouchPad.  On the other hand, if you don’t already own one of these mobile devices, perhaps now is the time to take the plunge.  I find Zite to be so useful that I could easily justify the cost of a tablet solely to use this software.  Any other way the tablet could be used would just be icing on the cake.  In my opinion, Zite scores an A++.  A nice review of Zite from the Wall Street Journal can be found here.

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Zite is a wonderfully intelligent eMagazine that has the capability to learn what it is you want to read.  The more you use Zite, the greater the likelihood that the content will contain articles that you would want to read.  So how is this achieved?

The flowchart above shows the elements that Zite uses to select the content that is presented to the user.  By using a sophisticated algorithm that analyzes available content and tailors it according to the user’s likes and dislikes, the content that Zite presents initially approximates the user’s desired reading.  By incorporating a feedback loop with each article presented, Zite continually refines the criteria used for article selection.  With every use, Zite becomes more and more accurate in its ability to predict what items will be of interest to you, the reader.  A comprehensive technical explanation of the inner workings of Zite can be found here.

Above is the home page of Zite, which presents the top articles in categories of importance to the user.  Notice the category list on the right-hand side of the page?  These are not arbitrary categories assigned by Zite, but rather categories that are selected by the user based on the user’s interests.

The screen capture above shows one of three screens containing a wide variety of category listings.  The user selects any combination of topic categories of interest, and the initial setup is complete.  What sets Zite apart from its competitors, however, can be seen in the next screen capture.

This is the screen where you read an article you have selected.  Notice the personalization panel on the right-hand side of the page?  This is where the reader tells Zite whether this specific article was of interest or not.  Additionally, the user can indicate any preferences for this particular author, this particular site, or the particular subject matter(s) contained in the article.  The number of choices available to the user varies depending on the particular article.  This is actually where the magic of Zite takes place.  By providing this feedback loop, Zite is able to continuously refine its article presentation to suit the reader’s individual tastes.  The end result is eerily uncanny, in that Zite seems to read your mind when selecting articles to present for your perusal. Also notice that the article can easily be shared to various social networking sites or emailed from this page, which also enters into the preference algorithm.

All-in-all, Zite is a wonderful tool that helps streamline the daily reading habits of the user.  In my case, rather than having to sort through multiple on-line newspapers, blogs, and news feeds to find articles of interest, Zite does the footwork for me, saving me time and effort in the process.

If there is any shortfall to Zite, it is that this software is only available as a down-loadable app that is (currently) only available for the Apple iPad, or in my case, the HP TouchPad.  On the other hand, if you don’t already own one of these mobile devices, perhaps now is the time to take the plunge.  I find Zite to be so useful that I could easily justify the cost of a tablet solely to use this software.  Any other way the tablet could be used would just be icing on the cake.  In my opinion, Zite scores an A++.  A nice review of Zite from the Wall Street Journal can be found here.

Zite is a wonderfully intelligent eMagazine that has the capability to learn what it is you want to read.  The more you use Zite, the greater the likelihood that the content will contain articles that you would want to read.  So how is this achieved?

The flowchart above shows the elements that Zite uses to select the content that is presented to the user.  By using a sophisticated algorithm that analyzes available content and tailors it according to the user’s likes and dislikes, the content that Zite presents initially approximates the user’s desired reading.  By incorporating a feedback loop with each article presented, Zite continually refines the criteria used for article selection.  With every use, Zite becomes more and more accurate in its ability to predict what items will be of interest to you, the reader.  A comprehensive technical explanation of the inner workings of Zite can be found here.

Above is the home page of Zite, which presents the top articles in categories of importance to the user.  Notice the category list on the right-hand side of the page?  These are not arbitrary categories assigned by Zite, but rather categories that are selected by the user based on the user’s interests.

The screen capture above shows one of three screens containing a wide variety of category listings.  The user selects any combination of topic categories of interest, and the initial setup is complete.  What sets Zite apart from its competitors, however, can be seen in the next screen capture.

This is the screen where you read an article you have selected.  Notice the personalization panel on the right-hand side of the page?  This is where the reader tells Zite whether this specific article was of interest or not.  Additionally, the user can indicate any preferences for this particular author, this particular site, or the particular subject matter(s) contained in the article.  The number of choices available to the user varies depending on the particular article.  This is actually where the magic of Zite takes place.  By providing this feedback loop, Zite is able to continuously refine its article presentation to suit the reader’s individual tastes.  The end result is eerily uncanny, in that Zite seems to read your mind when selecting articles to present for your perusal. Also notice that the article can easily be shared to various social networking sites or emailed from this page, which also enters into the preference algorithm.

All-in-all, Zite is a wonderful tool that helps streamline the daily reading habits of the user.  In my case, rather than having to sort through multiple on-line newspapers, blogs, and news feeds to find articles of interest, Zite does the footwork for me, saving me time and effort in the process.

If there is any shortfall to Zite, it is that this software is only available as a down-loadable app that is (currently) only available for the Apple iPad, or in my case, the HP TouchPad.  On the other hand, if you don’t already own one of these mobile devices, perhaps now is the time to take the plunge.  I find Zite to be so useful that I could easily justify the cost of a tablet solely to use this software.  Any other way the tablet could be used would just be icing on the cake.  In my opinion, Zite scores an A++.  A nice review of Zite from the Wall Street Journal can be found here.

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Sandwiched between downtown St. Louis to the west, and the Mississippi River to the east lies the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.  The 91 acres of the Memorial are home to the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion, and the Old [St. Louis County] Courthouse.  The links provided above provide plenty of details about the Memorial, but briefly, the park was created to commemorate:

• The Louisana Purchase, and the subsequent westward exploration and expansion of the United States.
• The first civil government west of the Mississippi River.
• The debate over slavery raised by the Dred Scott case.

Approaching the Arch on foot from the north, one immediately notices the similarity to the Washington Monument, althought the illusion soon disappears as you move to the side of the towering arch.

The actual size of the arch cannot be fully appreciated until you approach the very base and gaze in an upward direction.  You soon find yourself jockeying for a suitable position to view the entire arch at one time.

Alas, the dimensions of the arch are so vast, and the field of vision of our eyes so comparatively narrow, we come to realize that from this close proximity we can only view a portion of the arch with each gaze.

The height of the arch measures 630 feet, which exactly matches the 630 foot width of the arch at its base.  It is quite an experience to stand directly underneath the apex of the arch and look up – the top of the arch seems far, far away!  It occurs to me that this might be the only time in my life that I have stood directly underneath any structure this tall!  So help me out – if you can think of any example of a structure that a person can stand under that exceeds the height of the Gateway Arch, please leave a comment explaining where.

After standing underneath the arch, you might decide to ride the tram to the top of the Gateway Arch.  After purchasing your tickets for the tram, you will make your way to the tram loading station, where you will enter a tram pod for the ride up the inside of the arch.  There are eight tram pods on the north leg of the arch, and eight pods on the south leg.  Each of the pods can hold up to five people.  As you can see from the photo above, the loading zone for the tram is fairly level on the horizontal plane. Yet the tram must travel up an arch leg that is almost straight up on the vertical plane.  How is this accomplished?

The tram, consisting of eight pods, is not a single structure, but rather a row of eight independently suspended units, as seen above.  The pods are in lateral alignment along the horizontal parts of the journey, and stack up, one above the other on the vertical portion of the ascent.

This is what the interior of the tram pod looks like.  In the off-season, you may end up with a pod to yourself, but each pod holds up to five passengers, albeit snugly.  The trip to the top of the Gateway Arch takes four minutes – the trip down, three minutes.

Once at the top of the arch, the tram lets you off at the observation area, where rows of windows allow you to see the surrounding countryside for many miles in each direction.

Upon gazing out of the observation windows, one is immediately struck with the realization of how high the arch towers above the St. Louis skyline.  To get a sense of size, the enclosed football stadium on the right-hand side of the photo above is the Edward Jones Dome, the home of the NFL’s St.Louis Rams.

Directly to the west is the Old Courthouse, which is also part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.  Most notably, this was the court of original jurisdiction in the historic Dred Scott v. Sandford case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that Africans brought to the United States as slaves (or their descendants) were not protected by the United States Constitution, and could never be citizens.

To the southwest one can see Busch Stadium III, completed in 2006 and home of MLB’s St. Louis Cardinals.

To the east one can see the mighty Mississippi River.  The color of the Mississippi River is not as blue as this photo would suggest.  This is simply a reflection of the blue sky above; from a land-based perspective, the river is typically brown.

Looking directly below the arch to the northwest, lies the first of two large reflecting pools.

The second reflecting pool lies immediately below the arch to the southwest.

Housed below the arch in an underground facility is the Museum of Westward Expansion, documenting the growth of the United States, from inception to the present, with an impressive collection of artifacts and exhibits.

There are two theaters located within the monument.  One theater shows a documentary film in which you learn how the Gateway Arch was constructed.  The second theater shows an IMAX large screen format film chronicling the expedition by Lewis and Clark to document the western territories of the United States.  Both films are very well done, and worth the time to see.

All-in-all, the time spend exploring the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is time well-spent.  For additional worthwhile Route 66 related posts of mine, click here. If I didn’t think they were worth visiting, I wouldn’t post them!

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Sandwiched between downtown St. Louis to the west, and the Mississippi River to the east lies the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.  The 91 acres of the Memorial are home to the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion, and the Old [St. Louis County] Courthouse.  The links provided above provide plenty of details about the Memorial, but briefly, the park was created to commemorate:

• The Louisana Purchase, and the subsequent westward exploration and expansion of the United States.
• The first civil government west of the Mississippi River.
• The debate over slavery raised by the Dred Scott case.

Approaching the Arch on foot from the north, one immediately notices the similarity to the Washington Monument, althought the illusion soon disappears as you move to the side of the towering arch.

The actual size of the arch cannot be fully appreciated until you approach the very base and gaze in an upward direction.  You soon find yourself jockeying for a suitable position to view the entire arch at one time.

Alas, the dimensions of the arch are so vast, and the field of vision of our eyes so comparatively narrow, we come to realize that from this close proximity we can only view a portion of the arch with each gaze.

The height of the arch measures 630 feet, which exactly matches the 630 foot width of the arch at its base.  It is quite an experience to stand directly underneath the apex of the arch and look up – the top of the arch seems far, far away!  It occurs to me that this might be the only time in my life that I have stood directly underneath any structure this tall!  So help me out – if you can think of any example of a structure that a person can stand under that exceeds the height of the Gateway Arch, please leave a comment explaining where.

After standing underneath the arch, you might decide to ride the tram to the top of the Gateway Arch.  After purchasing your tickets for the tram, you will make your way to the tram loading station, where you will enter a tram pod for the ride up the inside of the arch.  There are eight tram pods on the north leg of the arch, and eight pods on the south leg.  Each of the pods can hold up to five people.  As you can see from the photo above, the loading zone for the tram is fairly level on the horizontal plane. Yet the tram must travel up an arch leg that is almost straight up on the vertical plane.  How is this accomplished?

The tram, consisting of eight pods, is not a single structure, but rather a row of eight independently suspended units, as seen above.  The pods are in lateral alignment along the horizontal parts of the journey, and stack up, one above the other on the vertical portion of the ascent.

This is what the interior of the tram pod looks like.  In the off-season, you may end up with a pod to yourself, but each pod holds up to five passengers, albeit snugly.  The trip to the top of the Gateway Arch takes four minutes – the trip down, three minutes.

Once at the top of the arch, the tram lets you off at the observation area, where rows of windows allow you to see the surrounding countryside for many miles in each direction.

Upon gazing out of the observation windows, one is immediately struck with the realization of how high the arch towers above the St. Louis skyline.  To get a sense of size, the enclosed football stadium on the right-hand side of the photo above is the Edward Jones Dome, the home of the NFL’s St.Louis Rams.

Directly to the west is the Old Courthouse, which is also part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.  Most notably, this was the court of original jurisdiction in the historic Dred Scott v. Sandford case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that Africans brought to the United States as slaves (or their descendants) were not protected by the United States Constitution, and could never be citizens.

To the southwest one can see Busch Stadium III, completed in 2006 and home of MLB’s St. Louis Cardinals.

To the east one can see the mighty Mississippi River.  The color of the Mississippi River is not as blue as this photo would suggest.  This is simply a reflection of the blue sky above; from a land-based perspective, the river is typically brown.

Looking directly below the arch to the northwest, lies the first of two large reflecting pools.

The second reflecting pool lies immediately below the arch to the southwest.

Housed below the arch in an underground facility is the Museum of Westward Expansion, documenting the growth of the United States, from inception to the present, with an impressive collection of artifacts and exhibits.

There are two theaters located within the monument.  One theater shows a documentary film in which you learn how the Gateway Arch was constructed.  The second theater shows an IMAX large screen format film chronicling the expedition by Lewis and Clark to document the western territories of the United States.  Both films are very well done, and worth the time to see.

All-in-all, the time spend exploring the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is time well-spent.  For additional worthwhile Route 66 related posts of mine, click here. If I didn’t think they were worth visiting, I wouldn’t post them!

Sandwiched between downtown St. Louis to the west, and the Mississippi River to the east lies the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.  The 91 acres of the Memorial are home to the Gateway Arch, the Museum of Westward Expansion, and the Old [St. Louis County] Courthouse.  The links provided above provide plenty of details about the Memorial, but briefly, the park was created to commemorate:

• The Louisana Purchase, and the subsequent westward exploration and expansion of the United States.
• The first civil government west of the Mississippi River.
• The debate over slavery raised by the Dred Scott case.

Approaching the Arch on foot from the north, one immediately notices the similarity to the Washington Monument, althought the illusion soon disappears as you move to the side of the towering arch.

The actual size of the arch cannot be fully appreciated until you approach the very base and gaze in an upward direction.  You soon find yourself jockeying for a suitable position to view the entire arch at one time.

Alas, the dimensions of the arch are so vast, and the field of vision of our eyes so comparatively narrow, we come to realize that from this close proximity we can only view a portion of the arch with each gaze.

The height of the arch measures 630 feet, which exactly matches the 630 foot width of the arch at its base.  It is quite an experience to stand directly underneath the apex of the arch and look up – the top of the arch seems far, far away!  It occurs to me that this might be the only time in my life that I have stood directly underneath any structure this tall!  So help me out – if you can think of any example of a structure that a person can stand under that exceeds the height of the Gateway Arch, please leave a comment explaining where.

After standing underneath the arch, you might decide to ride the tram to the top of the Gateway Arch.  After purchasing your tickets for the tram, you will make your way to the tram loading station, where you will enter a tram pod for the ride up the inside of the arch.  There are eight tram pods on the north leg of the arch, and eight pods on the south leg.  Each of the pods can hold up to five people.  As you can see from the photo above, the loading zone for the tram is fairly level on the horizontal plane. Yet the tram must travel up an arch leg that is almost straight up on the vertical plane.  How is this accomplished?

The tram, consisting of eight pods, is not a single structure, but rather a row of eight independently suspended units, as seen above.  The pods are in lateral alignment along the horizontal parts of the journey, and stack up, one above the other on the vertical portion of the ascent.

This is what the interior of the tram pod looks like.  In the off-season, you may end up with a pod to yourself, but each pod holds up to five passengers, albeit snugly.  The trip to the top of the Gateway Arch takes four minutes – the trip down, three minutes.

Once at the top of the arch, the tram lets you off at the observation area, where rows of windows allow you to see the surrounding countryside for many miles in each direction.

Upon gazing out of the observation windows, one is immediately struck with the realization of how high the arch towers above the St. Louis skyline.  To get a sense of size, the enclosed football stadium on the right-hand side of the photo above is the Edward Jones Dome, the home of the NFL’s St.Louis Rams.

Directly to the west is the Old Courthouse, which is also part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.  Most notably, this was the court of original jurisdiction in the historic Dred Scott v. Sandford case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that Africans brought to the United States as slaves (or their descendants) were not protected by the United States Constitution, and could never be citizens.

To the southwest one can see Busch Stadium III, completed in 2006 and home of MLB’s St. Louis Cardinals.

To the east one can see the mighty Mississippi River.  The color of the Mississippi River is not as blue as this photo would suggest.  This is simply a reflection of the blue sky above; from a land-based perspective, the river is typically brown.

Looking directly below the arch to the northwest, lies the first of two large reflecting pools.

The second reflecting pool lies immediately below the arch to the southwest.

Housed below the arch in an underground facility is the Museum of Westward Expansion, documenting the growth of the United States, from inception to the present, with an impressive collection of artifacts and exhibits.

There are two theaters located within the monument.  One theater shows a documentary film in which you learn how the Gateway Arch was constructed.  The second theater shows an IMAX large screen format film chronicling the expedition by Lewis and Clark to document the western territories of the United States.  Both films are very well done, and worth the time to see.

All-in-all, the time spend exploring the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is time well-spent.  For additional worthwhile Route 66 related posts of mine, click here. If I didn’t think they were worth visiting, I wouldn’t post them!

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The fall color change peaked about 7-10 days ago, so I thought I would post these photos before winter sets in here in the Ozarks.  The colors were not as vivid as they have occassionally been in the past, but they were still beautiful.

As an aside from the colors, do you notice the loveseat at the end of the pasture, just at the base of the cedar trees?  I discussed this loveseat project in a post here, and provided plans in a post here.

While I was hiking around the property taking fall pictures, I ran across this small group of deer.  They are quite prolific on our land, and sightings are common.

Yellow, rust, orange and pink seem to predominate this year, while the bright scarlet reds were pretty much limited to the sumacs growing on the fringes of our fields.

To continue my aside, notice the park bench under the trees?  Would you believe it -  I wrote about this convertible park bench/picnic table in a post entitled A Benchtable, and posted plans for the Convertible Bench/Table here.  And can you spot the bluebird house as well?  This is one of the 100 that I built to create a bluebird trail on our farm.  Guess what – posts about the Bluebird Trail can be found here and here.

This is a view that encompasses a couple of our pastures.  The colors here have been more brilliant in the past, but they were acceptable this year.

Looking out across some of our wooded areas reveals the multitude of colors that engulf the countryside.

Another hillside surrounding one of the pastures, where you see red cedars (the green trees) in the foreground, and mixed hardwoods on the hill.

Finally, one more view of a hillside surrounding another of our pastures.  All-in-all, it was a pretty colorful fall.  While the weather conditions didn’t provide the most spectacular colors we have witnessed here at La Esperanza, they were delightful nevertheless.  I hope you get a chance to come enjoy the fall colors along with Retta and me someday.

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The fall color change peaked about 7-10 days ago, so I thought I would post these photos before winter sets in here in the Ozarks.  The colors were not as vivid as they have occassionally been in the past, but they were still beautiful.

As an aside from the colors, do you notice the loveseat at the end of the pasture, just at the base of the cedar trees?  I discussed this loveseat project in a post here, and provided plans in a post here.

While I was hiking around the property taking fall pictures, I ran across this small group of deer.  They are quite prolific on our land, and sightings are common.

Yellow, rust, orange and pink seem to predominate this year, while the bright scarlet reds were pretty much limited to the sumacs growing on the fringes of our fields.

To continue my aside, notice the park bench under the trees?  Would you believe it -  I wrote about this convertible park bench/picnic table in a post entitled A Benchtable, and posted plans for the Convertible Bench/Table here.  And can you spot the bluebird house as well?  This is one of the 100 that I built to create a bluebird trail on our farm.  Guess what – posts about the Bluebird Trail can be found here and here.

This is a view that encompasses a couple of our pastures.  The colors here have been more brilliant in the past, but they were acceptable this year.

Looking out across some of our wooded areas reveals the multitude of colors that engulf the countryside.

Another hillside surrounding one of the pastures, where you see red cedars (the green trees) in the foreground, and mixed hardwoods on the hill.

Finally, one more view of a hillside surrounding another of our pastures.  All-in-all, it was a pretty colorful fall.  While the weather conditions didn’t provide the most spectacular colors we have witnessed here at La Esperanza, they were delightful nevertheless.  I hope you get a chance to come enjoy the fall colors along with Retta and me someday.

The fall color change peaked about 7-10 days ago, so I thought I would post these photos before winter sets in here in the Ozarks.  The colors were not as vivid as they have occassionally been in the past, but they were still beautiful.

As an aside from the colors, do you notice the loveseat at the end of the pasture, just at the base of the cedar trees?  I discussed this loveseat project in a post here, and provided plans in a post here.

While I was hiking around the property taking fall pictures, I ran across this small group of deer.  They are quite prolific on our land, and sightings are common.

Yellow, rust, orange and pink seem to predominate this year, while the bright scarlet reds were pretty much limited to the sumacs growing on the fringes of our fields.

To continue my aside, notice the park bench under the trees?  Would you believe it -  I wrote about this convertible park bench/picnic table in a post entitled A Benchtable, and posted plans for the Convertible Bench/Table here.  And can you spot the bluebird house as well?  This is one of the 100 that I built to create a bluebird trail on our farm.  Guess what – posts about the Bluebird Trail can be found here and here.

This is a view that encompasses a couple of our pastures.  The colors here have been more brilliant in the past, but they were acceptable this year.

Looking out across some of our wooded areas reveals the multitude of colors that engulf the countryside.

Another hillside surrounding one of the pastures, where you see red cedars (the green trees) in the foreground, and mixed hardwoods on the hill.

Finally, one more view of a hillside surrounding another of our pastures.  All-in-all, it was a pretty colorful fall.  While the weather conditions didn’t provide the most spectacular colors we have witnessed here at La Esperanza, they were delightful nevertheless.  I hope you get a chance to come enjoy the fall colors along with Retta and me someday.

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Greer wanted to know how I managed to take an image of her that was taken at the rodeo grounds, and relocate her into my pasture instead.  Here is the original photograph taken at the rodeo grounds:

 Taking this original photo, I used the layers capability and the transparancy brush within Adobe Photoshop Elements to isolate Greer and Dandy, which resulted in something like this:

Now, I just needed to find a suitable background.  Since I happen to think that my pastures are the most beautiful in the world, I put Greer and Dandy into one of them, as seen in the next photo illustration:

But I could have had Greer herding turkeys instead, in the land of giants!

Now I’ll have to take a photograph of Greer driving her new Mustang, and the next thing you know, I’ll have her leading the pack at the Indianapolis 500 next May!

 

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Greer wanted to know how I managed to take an image of her that was taken at the rodeo grounds, and relocate her into my pasture instead.  Here is the original photograph taken at the rodeo grounds:

 Taking this original photo, I used the layers capability and the transparancy brush within Adobe Photoshop Elements to isolate Greer and Dandy, which resulted in something like this:

Now, I just needed to find a suitable background.  Since I happen to think that my pastures are the most beautiful in the world, I put Greer and Dandy into one of them, as seen in the next photo illustration:

But I could have had Greer herding turkeys instead, in the land of giants!

Now I’ll have to take a photograph of Greer driving her new Mustang, and the next thing you know, I’ll have her leading the pack at the Indianapolis 500 next May!

Greer wanted to know how I managed to take an image of her that was taken at the rodeo grounds, and relocate her into my pasture instead.  Here is the original photograph taken at the rodeo grounds:

 Taking this original photo, I used the layers capability and the transparancy brush within Adobe Photoshop Elements to isolate Greer and Dandy, which resulted in something like this:

Now, I just needed to find a suitable background.  Since I happen to think that my pastures are the most beautiful in the world, I put Greer and Dandy into one of them, as seen in the next photo illustration:

But I could have had Greer herding turkeys instead, in the land of giants!

Now I’ll have to take a photograph of Greer driving her new Mustang, and the next thing you know, I’ll have her leading the pack at the Indianapolis 500 next May!

 

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A little over five years ago I posted examples of the field of view of a 10X optical zoom lens set at it’s closest wide angle setting and at it’s longest telephoto setting.  The post was titled “The Power of 10X Optically Zoomed VR Mega-pixels“.   I recently updated my camera to a 36X Optical Zoom Vibration Reduction model, and of course immediately had to test out what 36X zoom meant in visual terms.  So I took the camera outside and shot this picture, at the full wide-angle setting (Note – clicking on picture will open to a larger size):

While still standing in the same position, I decided to zoom in on something that I knew was off in the distance, but you probably cannot discern in the photo above.

Now, by zooming in a bit, you can see the martin house in the distance.  But I still had more to go, so I continued zooming in and took another photo:

And then I realized, the lens is still not zoomed out to the max, so I continued on:

Scroll back up to the first photo, and then back here to compare.  That is a pretty incredible zoom range.  In the first photo, the martin house is just barely visible.  In the last photo, you can see individual blades of grass sticking out of the nesting cavity.  Before being too critical of the last photo for being a little soft in focus, be aware that these photos were all taken HAND HELD!

For another example, here is a picture of my patio, taken with the camera attached to a tripod:

See the black smoker pit at the rear of the patio?  I zoomed in full to the top of the smoker, and this is what I saw:

With a tripod, the results are truly astounding.  And what is more astounding is that this huge zoom range is contained in the small package you see in this next photo:

It will be interesting to see how this powerful zoom actually performs as I put the camera through its’ paces on some photo-outings.  The proof, they say, is in the pudding.  I’ll be sure to let you know.

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A little over five years ago I posted examples of the field of view of a 10X optical zoom lens set at it’s closest wide angle setting and at it’s longest telephoto setting.  The post was titled “The Power of 10X Optically Zoomed VR Mega-pixels“.   I recently updated my camera to a 36X Optical Zoom Vibration Reduction model, and of course immediately had to test out what 36X zoom meant in visual terms.  So I took the camera outside and shot this picture, at the full wide-angle setting (Note – clicking on picture will open to a larger size):

While still standing in the same position, I decided to zoom in on something that I knew was off in the distance, but you probably cannot discern in the photo above.

Now, by zooming in a bit, you can see the martin house in the distance.  But I still had more to go, so I continued zooming in and took another photo:

And then I realized, the lens is still not zoomed out to the max, so I continued on:

Scroll back up to the first photo, and then back here to compare.  That is a pretty incredible zoom range.  In the first photo, the martin house is just barely visible.  In the last photo, you can see individual blades of grass sticking out of the nesting cavity.  Before being too critical of the last photo for being a little soft in focus, be aware that these photos were all taken HAND HELD!

For another example, here is a picture of my patio, taken with the camera attached to a tripod:

See the black smoker pit at the rear of the patio?  I zoomed in full to the top of the smoker, and this is what I saw:

With a tripod, the results are truly astounding.  And what is more astounding is that this huge zoom range is contained in the small package you see in this next photo:

It will be interesting to see how this powerful zoom actually performs as I put the camera through its’ paces on some photo-outings.  The proof, they say, is in the pudding.  I’ll be sure to let you know.

A little over five years ago I posted examples of the field of view of a 10X optical zoom lens set at it’s closest wide angle setting and at it’s longest telephoto setting.  The post was titled “The Power of 10X Optically Zoomed VR Mega-pixels“.   I recently updated my camera to a 36X Optical Zoom Vibration Reduction model, and of course immediately had to test out what 36X zoom meant in visual terms.  So I took the camera outside and shot this picture, at the full wide-angle setting (Note – clicking on picture will open to a larger size):

While still standing in the same position, I decided to zoom in on something that I knew was off in the distance, but you probably cannot discern in the photo above.

Now, by zooming in a bit, you can see the martin house in the distance.  But I still had more to go, so I continued zooming in and took another photo:

And then I realized, the lens is still not zoomed out to the max, so I continued on:

Scroll back up to the first photo, and then back here to compare.  That is a pretty incredible zoom range.  In the first photo, the martin house is just barely visible.  In the last photo, you can see individual blades of grass sticking out of the nesting cavity.  Before being too critical of the last photo for being a little soft in focus, be aware that these photos were all taken HAND HELD!

For another example, here is a picture of my patio, taken with the camera attached to a tripod:

See the black smoker pit at the rear of the patio?  I zoomed in full to the top of the smoker, and this is what I saw:

With a tripod, the results are truly astounding.  And what is more astounding is that this huge zoom range is contained in the small package you see in this next photo:

It will be interesting to see how this powerful zoom actually performs as I put the camera through its’ paces on some photo-outings.  The proof, they say, is in the pudding.  I’ll be sure to let you know.

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If you love convenience, then you probably cherish sliced bread.  I mean, really, is it that difficult to get out a knife and cutting board and slice a couple of slabs from the loaf before making a sandwich?  No.  And yet we all buy sliced bread.  It’s just so darn convenient!

Similarly, if if you love convenience, then you will probably cherish an Eye-Fi wi-fi SDHC memory card for your camera.  After an easily accomplished initial one-time setup, your photographs will automatically be uploaded from your camera to your computer, and optionally to web-based photo sharing and storage sites.

This chart describes the process.  The following photo shows the various models of Eye-Fi memory card that are available.

No more card readers, no more USB cords, NO MORE WIRES!  Just pictures transfered quickly and easily from your camera to your computer.  What could be better?  Sliced bread?

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If you love convenience, then you probably cherish sliced bread.  I mean, really, is it that difficult to get out a knife and cutting board and slice a couple of slabs from the loaf before making a sandwich?  No.  And yet we all buy sliced bread.  It’s just so darn convenient!

Similarly, if if you love convenience, then you will probably cherish an Eye-Fi wi-fi SDHC memory card for your camera.  After an easily accomplished initial one-time setup, your photographs will automatically be uploaded from your camera to your computer, and optionally to web-based photo sharing and storage sites.

This chart describes the process.  The following photo shows the various models of Eye-Fi memory card that are available.

No more card readers, no more USB cords, NO MORE WIRES!  Just pictures transfered quickly and easily from your camera to your computer.  What could be better?  Sliced bread?

If you love convenience, then you probably cherish sliced bread.  I mean, really, is it that difficult to get out a knife and cutting board and slice a couple of slabs from the loaf before making a sandwich?  No.  And yet we all buy sliced bread.  It’s just so darn convenient!

Similarly, if if you love convenience, then you will probably cherish an Eye-Fi wi-fi SDHC memory card for your camera.  After an easily accomplished initial one-time setup, your photographs will automatically be uploaded from your camera to your computer, and optionally to web-based photo sharing and storage sites.

This chart describes the process.  The following photo shows the various models of Eye-Fi memory card that are available.

No more card readers, no more USB cords, NO MORE WIRES!  Just pictures transfered quickly and easily from your camera to your computer.  What could be better?  Sliced bread?

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